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Want a stronger economy? Give immigrants a warm welcome

  • Written by Kevin Shih, Assistant Professor of Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Immigrants have long been a scapegoat when economies are sputtering, jobs are being lost or security is a concern.

President Donald Trump’s planned wall along the Mexican border, for example, is premised on the notion that immigrants are pouring across the border (they’re not), taking Americans’ jobs (they haven’t) and...

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